Inflatable toy



Aug. 18, 1925;

AL. NEUSELLA INFLATABLE TOY Filed Oct. 31, 1923 v Zw Aug. 13, 1925..

ALBERT NEUSELLA, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

ENFLATABLE TOY.

Application filed October 31, 1923. Serial No. 671,870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT llnusnLLs a citizen of the United Statesresiding at Chicage, in the county of Cook and State ot' Illinois, haveinvented certain new and uset'ul Improvements in inflatable Toys ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in inflatable toys designedchiefly tor the amusement of the younger members of so ciety; and itconsists in the combination and arrangement of parts to be hereiiiafterfully described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated inthe accompanying drawing which forms apart oi this application and inwhich- Fig. 1 is a view of the toy in elevation.

2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the same.

Fig. 3 is a trao'mentary sectional view, illustrating a sli itlymodified form of the torn on a somewhat larger scale.

Like reference characters denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views. The invention comprises the main or body ortion 1 formedpreferably of a rubber tube signed to be inflated, one end 2 thereofbeing composed of a relatively thin fabric and the opposite end 3 01 athicker fabric so that the entire boey portion, inflated, is of greaterdiameter at one end than at the other the object being to give it thegeneral appearance of a base ball bat the extreme ends of the tube beingprovided with hard or solid inserts or plugs 4, o and the plug 5 beingprovided with the air-intake valve 6.

A hollow spherical member 7 designed to resemble a base ball isconnected by a plug 8 to the portion 2 of the body 1, or it may beconnected by a piece of hollow tubing 9 to said portion 2, and saidmember 7 is adapted to be inflated as the member 1 is inflated due toits connection to said member. The tubing 9 is formed of a materialsubstantially thicker than that composing either the body portion 2 orthe spherical member 7.

The toy in either of its forms is carried by the smaller end 3 of thebody portion 1, as a handle, and in the form shown in Fig. 3 the ballmember 7, due to the flexibility of the member 9, may be struck by themember 1 and caused to bound about in an amusing manner, while at thesame time such use will not cause separation of said members or loss ofeither.

What is claimed. is

In an inflatable toy a pneumatic body member of substantially uniformdiameter adapted when inflated, to assume the shape of a baseball bat,an air valve for said body member.v a pneumatic spherical member, and aflexible tubular member connecting said body and spherical member andhaving its wall thicker than the walls of said members. 5

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature.

ALBERT NEUSELLA.

